Decision details

Worthing Local Plan

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Decision Maker: Joint Strategic Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

Before the Committee was a report by the Director for the Economy, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 10.

 

The report informed the Committee that Worthing Borough Council was required to prepare a Local Plan to establish local planning policies for the Borough. After a number of years of preparation, the Worthing Local Plan was entering the final stages towards adoption. The Local Plan had been submitted for examination in June 2021 and the hearing sessions were held in November 2021.

 

The report informed the Joint Strategic Committee of the stage reached, the receipt of the Inspector’s post hearing advice letter and the schedule of modifications proposed to be published for public consultation.

 

A Member questioned whether there was scope for brownfield sites in Worthing to deliver 30% affordable homes. Officers advised that the evidence supported the viability argument on these sites. The plan sought to be realistic and the approach had been supported by the Inspector.

 

It was noted that the Council had fought the Chatsmore Farm appeal robustly. This site had been identified within the plan as one of the Borough’s green gaps and the Councils, under this administration, would fight on behalf of residents, to ensure that greenspace at Chatsmore Farm, the Goring Gap and at Brooklands would not be developed on.  

 

Decision

 

That the Joint Strategic Committee:-

 

i)          noted the Inspector’s Post Hearing Advice Letter;

 

ii)         noted the Schedule of Main Modifications and Schedule of Additional Modifications, including any additional recommendations from the Local Plan Inspector;

 

iii)         recommended to Worthing Full Council the approval of the Schedule of

Modifications for consultation; and

 

iv)      approved the release of £70,000 from the Capacity Issues Reserve in 2022/23 for the examination costs.

 

Call In:

 

The call-in deadline for decisions (i), (ii) and (iv) will be 5.00pm on the 18th February 2022.

 

There is no call-in for recommendations (iii) to Worthing Full Council.

Publication date: 08/02/2022

Date of decision: 08/02/2022

Decided at meeting: 08/02/2022 - Joint Strategic Committee

Effective from: 19/02/2022

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